On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:26:22 -0400 (EDT), J Aaron Farr wrote: >�How big were you thinking of making this? �Your outline suggests >�several pages at least. �Or were you thinking of just one page?
It should be as short as we make make it, but no shorter :) >�I had been thinking of putting together additional documents for >�those interested in going through the incubator [1]. �We regularly >�get questions like: "I'm the lead for project ABC which would be a >�great addition to Apache. �How do we join?" �Some points of your >�outline touched on this, but I may still be interested in writing a >�very simple, user friendly guide to contributing to the ASF. �I'm >�never satisfied with current documentation. :) Jakarta has some useful guidelines for the "do we qualify" question * http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html which people have used as the background for the emerging standard Incubator proposal format. >�On a final note, I don't believe I have any SVN commit rights to >�anything in the incubator. �I can work up some Forrest or Docbook >�XML stubs based on the outline and if everyone like them, then >�perhaps I can get access to putting them somewhere. �Or I could >�start in the wiki, but in that case, I'd start on content rather >�than the XML structure. The wiki sounds like a fine place to get started. -Ted. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:26:22 -0400 (EDT), J Aaron Farr wrote: >�Sounds good. �Couple of questions and thoughts: > >�How big were you thinking of making this? �Your outline suggests >�several pages at least. �Or were you thinking of just one page? > >�I suppose this is going to be authored in Forrest or perhaps >�Docbook. > >�I had been thinking of putting together additional documents for >�those interested in going through the incubator [1]. �We regularly >�get questions like: "I'm the lead for project ABC which would be a >�great addition to Apache. �How do we join?" �Some points of your >�outline touched on this, but I may still be interested in writing a >�very simple, user friendly guide to contributing to the ASF. �I'm >�never satisfied with current documentation. :) > >�On a final note, I don't believe I have any SVN commit rights to >�anything in the incubator. �I can work up some Forrest or Docbook >�XML stubs based on the outline and if everyone like them, then >�perhaps I can get access to putting them somewhere. �Or I could >�start in the wiki, but in that case, I'd start on content rather >�than the XML structure. > >�jaaron > >�[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=incubator- >�general&m=109181155826131&w=2 > >�-------------------------------------------------------------------- >�- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >�For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
